Netflix have today announced the release date for the third season of hit show Narcos.

The first two seasons followed infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar - played by Wagner Moura - as he took Colombia by storm and battled with the authorities as they bid to bring his drugs empires to the ground.

The second series was released on Netflix in September 2016 and ended with Escobar finally meeting his maker.

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However, this wasn’t before the emergence of other cartels - particularly that from Cali - and it is they who shall be the subject of the new season, which shall premiere on September 1.

DEA officer Javier Pena, played by Pedro Pascal, will try to track them down after being asked to provide intelligence on the Cali cartel in final episode of season two.